討生活
Chinese
ask for; send punitive expedition; to demand ask for; send punitive expedition; to demand; to marry |
life; livelihood | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (討生活) | 討 | 生活 | |
| simp. (讨生活) | 讨 | 生活 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: tǎoshēnghuó
- Zhuyin: ㄊㄠˇ ㄕㄥ ㄏㄨㄛˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: tǎoshenghuó
- Wade–Giles: tʻao3-shêng1-huo2
- Yale: tǎu-shēng-hwó
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: taoshenghwo
- Palladius: таошэнхо (taošɛnxo)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ xu̯ɔ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: tou2 sang1 wut6
- Yale: tóu sāng wuht
- Cantonese Pinyin: tou2 sang1 wut9
- Guangdong Romanization: tou2 seng1 wud6
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰou̯³⁵ sɐŋ⁵⁵ wuːt̚²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Wu
Verb
討生活
- to make a living
- (Shanghainese) to need a beating
Synonyms
- 做食 (Puxian Min)
- 尋食 / 寻食 (Hakka)
- 就食 (jiùshí) (literary)
- 度三頓 / 度三顿 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien, with difficulty)
- 度喙飽 / 度喙饱 (Hokkien, with difficulty)
- 度食 (Hokkien)
- 搵食 / 揾食 (wan2 sik6) (Cantonese)
- 混飯吃 / 混饭吃 (hùnfànchī) (colloquial)
- 營生 / 营生 (yíngshēng)
- 糊口 (húkǒu)
- 糊嘴 (húzuǐ) (dated)
- 討食 / 讨食
- 謀生 / 谋生 (móushēng)
- 賺食 / 赚食 (Hakka, Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
- 趁食 (Min)
- 過活 / 过活 (guòhuó)
- (to need a beating):
Dialectal synonyms of 欠揍 (“to need a beating”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 欠揍, 欠打, 討打 |
| Harbin | 欠揍, 欠搧 | |
| Singapore | 欠打, 欠扁 | |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 欠揍 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 欠搧, 欠撇, 欠敲, 欠揍 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 欠打, 欠挨 |
| Xuzhou | 欠揍 | |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 尋打, 討打 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 欠打, 五行欠打, 五行欠抦 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 賺皮痛 |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 賺皮痛 | |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 賺皮痛 | |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 賺皮疾, 賺皮癢 | |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 賺皮疾 | |
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 討皮疾 | |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 欠拍 |
| Quanzhou | 欠拍 | |
| Jinjiang | 欠拍 | |
| Zhangzhou | 欠拍 | |
| Taipei (Wanhua) | 欠拍 | |
| Kaohsiung | 討皮疼 | |
| Yilan | 討肉疼 | |
| Changhua (Lukang) | 欠拍 | |
| Taichung | 欠拍 | |
| Taichung (Wuqi) | 欠推 | |
| Tainan | 欠拍, 討皮疼 | |
| Taitung | 欠拍 | |
| Hsinchu | 欠舂 | |
| Penghu (Magong) | 欠拍 | |
| Singapore (Hokkien) | 欠拍 | |
| Manila (Hokkien) | 欠拍, 欠㧌 | |
| Puning | 欠拍 | |
| Wu | Shanghai | 討生活, 討打 |